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Yes they are. They are the drug pushers of the modern era and the harder the drug the harder it pushes you

Sure, it works fine for "normal" content. That's fine. But for "divisive" stuff it's like having someone trying to push you off road at every moment

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Yeah I wonder if in the future we won't see this as a terrible crime (pushing the next dopamine hit to a bunch of addicts) or if humanity needs to evolve to gain much much more self control.

I prefer the word dope peddlers, as in dopamine. It's not technically accurate but I like the impression it gives.

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